This is a fight between a free world and a slave world.

If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States.

It is no coincidence that the growth of modern tyrants has in every case been heralded by the growth of prejudice.

We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels.

With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power.

The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information.

Fascism is a worldwide disease. Its greatest threat to the United States will come after the war, either via Latin America or within the United States itself.

The worldwide, agelong struggle between fascism and democracy will not stop when the fighting ends in Germany and Japan.

Scientific understanding is our joy. Economic and political understanding is our duty.

The century which we are entering can be and must be the century of the common man.

A liberal knows that the only certainty in this life is change but believes that the change can be directed toward a constructive end.

Oh, what an unbearable yoke is free will! What a vicious curse of the gods, granting self-determination to creatures incapable of guiding themselves! What good parent would free a child among tigers?

I die with a joyful heart in the knowledge of our infinite achievements and of a contribution unique in the history that bears my name.

I have a fuller figure and sometimes like to hide my legs. Palazzo pants accentuate my small waist and make me feel a little like Katharine Hepburn.

The use of sea and air is common to all; neither can a title to the ocean belong to any people or private persons, forasmuch as neither nature nor public use and custom permit any possession therof.

The world is ready for a mystic revolution, a discovery of the God in each of us.

We believe in constitutional action in normal times; we believe in revolutionary action in exceptional times.

My family was so poor the lady next door gave birth to me.

How chronic is the unconcern of men and women of the world!

I grew up in the Bronx. The Bronx teaches you to survive. It's like, 'Bring it on!'

When I look in the mirror I see my parents' sacrifices being honored. I see the love from which I was created and the power of the human spirit.